New Jersey

Trenton's Mayor Tony Mack was arrested on Monday morning on corruption charges related to a parking garage project in the city.

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority's chief executive officer, Caren Franzini, will end her 18-year tenure at the end of next month.

Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation on Wednesday to integrate all but two units of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Moody's Investors Service has placed Saint Peter's University Hospital's Baa3 bond rating on review for downgrade, affecting $165.7 million of outstanding rated debt.

July's income tax collections in New Jersey increased from the same month last year by $54 million, according to a statement released by the state's Department of Treasury.

The New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust is scheduled to sell $200 million of infrastructure refunding bonds in a competitive sale on Tuesday. The refunded bonds were originally issued to finance water and wastewater system projects in New Jersey.

Casino operators, Native American and commercial alike, are scrapping for market share. Competition is keener, discretionary dollars are fewer in a still-down economy and several states are scrambling to snare or preserve gambling revenue.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie approved the issuance of $750 million of general obligation bonds for higher education capital projects on Wednesday. The issue will go to voters in November.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board on Wednesday approved up to $2 billion of financing, including a $500 million and $1.5 billion sale of consolidated refunding bonds, for the World Trade Center project.

Ridership on Port Authority Trans-Hudson, or PATH trains, is on pace to set a record for the second consecutive year.

Moody's Investors Service has revised the outlook on Kean University's outstanding debt to negative and affirmed the A2 rating on Kean's revenue bonds.

Officials expect to accommodate large cargo ships traveling up the East Coast after the Panama Canal widens.

Proceeds will refund bonds and finance capital projects at the health system's three campuses near Philadelphia.

Moody's Investors Service has revised the outlook to negative from stable on Deborah Heart and Lung Center's outstanding bonds, issued by New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority.

Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and South Carolina are about close to blowing a deadline for adopting a fiscal 2013 budget.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has selected four firms to provide underwriting services for the World Trade Center redevelopment.

Seven States are two and a half day away from blowing a Saturday deadline for adopting a fiscal year 2013 budget.

Both Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's have revised their outlooks on New Jersey's junk-rated Palisades Medical Center to positive from stable.

Moody's Investors Service said the settlement arrived at between the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission and Lyndhurst regarding unpaid township property taxes is a credit positive.

Two New Jersey counties (Union and Monmouth) and one in New York (Monroe) will come to the market this week with competitive offerings to finance capital improvements.